Teka-Lark Fleming is a journalist, essayist and poet. She is the host and producer of the Blk Grrrl Show, a cultural and news web series. She is a segment producer on KPFK's Feminist Magazine. Her writing has appeared in the LA Weekly, Ebony, Counterpunch, Time, LA Streetsblog and Zócalo Public Square. She was formerly the Tracks columnist at LA City Beat. Tracks discussed race, transportation and urban planning. She is a proud alumna of Mount St. Mary's College, the best little women's college in the west. She lives in the neighborhood of Morningside Park in Inglewood, California with her cat Fish.